Improvement in bed-bottoms



UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES RUPREOHT, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BED-BOTTOMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 130,077, dated July 30,1872.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES RUPEEOET, of Cleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and ImprovedSpring Bed-Bottom; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and complete description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawiu g making part of the same.

SPECIFICATION.

inafter more fully described.

In the drawing, Fig. 2, A represents the springs, and which are of a V.shape, with the exception that one limb is longer than the other. Thelongest ends of the springs are attached to the rail of the bedstead orframe, and which frame is represented by the base B, whereas to theupper or shorter ends are secured the slats G by a certain device,consisting of a saddle, D, and yoke E, Fig. l. A detached view of saidsaddle is shown in Fig. 4. The saddle is riveted or otherwise fixed tothe end of aspring, with its cars a upward, between which the slat isplaced, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The end of the slat is secured to thesaddle by a yoke, E, passing around over the slat and under the ends ofthe saddle, the yoke being prevented from slipping away from the saddleand slat by the groove b, Fig. 4, in the under side of the saddle andthe notches c in the edges of the slat.

Springs of the above-described shape and applied to the purposespecified will allow the slat a vertical movement, and, at the sametime, admit of their being rigidly attached thereto, and which can bedonein a more secure manner than if the two limbs of the springs were ofthe same length and the slats attached to the ends thereof, which, inthat event, would require a slot in the slat to allow it to adjustitself to the changing position of the spring, as the distance betweenthe upper ends of the two springs varies more. or less, as thecomprcssion of the springs may be; but by having the upper limb of thespring the shortest, extending no further than about to the rail towhich the lower end is fastened, said lower end of the spring will bedeflected downward, and thereby compensate for the variation of distancebetween the springs that may take place in consequence of thecompression of their two limbs.

0 Iain:

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The saddle 1), made hollow onthe under side to receive the yoke E, andformed with ears a a on the upper part to hold the slats (l, andarranged with the springs A and frame B, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

' CHARLES RUPREOHT.

lVitnesses J. H. BURRIDGE, G. E. FRYETT.

